BREAKING: Brian Hoyer scores 49ers' first touchdown of 2017

This is not a drill. The 49ers scored a touchdown. It took 127 minutes of game time, but San Francisco finally got in the end zone for the first time this season.

Quarterback Brian Hoyer, who threw a miserable interception on the first snap from scrimmage that set up the Rams’ opening touchdown, scrambled for a nine-yard score to tie Thursday’s game at 7-7 midway through the first quarter.

The score was set up by a fourth-down offsides penalty that gave the 49ers a first down on a punt play.

The Rams responded with a Todd Gurley’s second touchdown of the night. San Francisco thought it had a three-and-out when Elvis Dumervil sacked Jared Goff on a third-down, but cornerback Dontae Johnson was flagged for holding that gave Los Angeles an automatic first down. The Rams went on to score, making it 14-7.

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